California · Private foundation
The O'Donnell Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $180k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $179,867
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $179,867
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The O'Donnell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $16M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $570k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $410k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $385k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $385k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $371k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $355k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abilitypath | $1,520,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Eastside College Preparatory School Inc | $1,500,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Jobtrain Inc | $1,435,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Board of Trustees of Whitman College | $1,155,000 | 7 | 1% |
| New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc | $1,035,000 | 7 | 14% |
| The Peninsula College Fund | $1,015,000 | 7 | 24% |
| St Francis Center | $680,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Wellesley College | $155,000 | 6 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The O'Donnell Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The O'Donnell Foundation
- How much does The O'Donnell Foundation give?
- The O'Donnell Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $179,867 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The O'Donnell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (66%), Employment (16%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are The O'Donnell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Abilitypath ($1.5M), Eastside College Preparatory School Inc ($1.5M), Jobtrain Inc ($1.4M).
- Does The O'Donnell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The O'Donnell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The O'Donnell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The O'Donnell Foundation based?
- The O'Donnell Foundation is based in CA.
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